Unable to access USB drive

Jerry,
Thanks for the procedure but my USB drive doesn't show up in Disk
Management. If I go to the Device Manager a USB drive does show up
under Disk Drives but unlike the name Toshiba which shows up as my
internal laptop drive, the USB drive has gibberish as the name of the
drive with text that includes a lot of different characters. It's
really weird.
Larry

Squire wrote:
> Click Start, right click My computer,
> Select Manage,
> Select disk Management,
> Expand to full screen so you can see all the drives
> high lite the USB drive,
> select Action at the top,
> All tasks, change drive letter and tasks.
> select a drive letter
>
> --
> Jerry
>
> One thing money can't buy,
> The wagging tail of a dog
>
>
> <LarCrow.TakeThisOut@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:1149287002.499717.45430@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
> > lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
> > is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
> > Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
> > desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> >
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I have this same problem. As I scan the newsgroups for answers I note that
this started popping up about a month ago and is showing up more and more.
I wonder if a Windows Update has somehow porked all our USB drives.

My USB flash card reader shows under disk management, in Explorer, but media
is never detected when inserted.

Was working a month ago. Tried to read a SD card last week and it was a no
go. Card work fine in a camera and the card can be read while in the
camera. Three identical computers, two have had regular updates. One has
been offline for about two months. Which one can still read from the card
reader?

Kurt


<LarCrow.DeleteThis@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1149899326.995674.314100@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Jerry,
> Thanks for the procedure but my USB drive doesn't show up in Disk
> Management. If I go to the Device Manager a USB drive does show up
> under Disk Drives but unlike the name Toshiba which shows up as my
> internal laptop drive, the USB drive has gibberish as the name of the
> drive with text that includes a lot of different characters. It's
> really weird.
> Larry
>
> Squire wrote:
>> Click Start, right click My computer,
>> Select Manage,
>> Select disk Management,
>> Expand to full screen so you can see all the drives
>> high lite the USB drive,
>> select Action at the top,
>> All tasks, change drive letter and tasks.
>> select a drive letter
>>
>> --
>> Jerry
>>
>> One thing money can't buy,
>> The wagging tail of a dog
>>
>>
>> <LarCrow.DeleteThis@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:1149287002.499717.45430@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
>> > lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
>> > is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
>> > Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
>> > desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
>> >
>
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Kurt.
I didn't mention it but the time frame for my problem is the same as
yours and I too have wondered if one of the recent XP updates could be
at fault. And since I update my both my machines automatically then
they have the same MS version. How do we get MS to investigate?
Larry


Kurt Giesselman wrote:
> I have this same problem. As I scan the newsgroups for answers I note that
> this started popping up about a month ago and is showing up more and more.
> I wonder if a Windows Update has somehow porked all our USB drives.
>
> My USB flash card reader shows under disk management, in Explorer, but media
> is never detected when inserted.
>
> Was working a month ago. Tried to read a SD card last week and it was a no
> go. Card work fine in a camera and the card can be read while in the
> camera. Three identical computers, two have had regular updates. One has
> been offline for about two months. Which one can still read from the card
> reader?
>
> Kurt
>
>
> <LarCrow.DeleteThis@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:1149899326.995674.314100@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > Jerry,
> > Thanks for the procedure but my USB drive doesn't show up in Disk
> > Management. If I go to the Device Manager a USB drive does show up
> > under Disk Drives but unlike the name Toshiba which shows up as my
> > internal laptop drive, the USB drive has gibberish as the name of the
> > drive with text that includes a lot of different characters. It's
> > really weird.
> > Larry
> >
> > Squire wrote:
> >> Click Start, right click My computer,
> >> Select Manage,
> >> Select disk Management,
> >> Expand to full screen so you can see all the drives
> >> high lite the USB drive,
> >> select Action at the top,
> >> All tasks, change drive letter and tasks.
> >> select a drive letter
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >> One thing money can't buy,
> >> The wagging tail of a dog
> >>
> >>
> >> <LarCrow.DeleteThis@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1149287002.499717.45430@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> >I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
> >> > lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
> >> > is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
> >> > Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
> >> > desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> >> >
> >
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi there I have the same problem, however this goes on for longer period than
a month (or so).

I agree though, that we should somehow get Microsoft to react. If you only
type in the search mode of this forum "USB letter" then you ll see that we
are not alone, but nobody seems to have the answer. I can tell you that I
consulted some computer pros and looked to the internet for quite a while.
The only thing, I got, was a great deal of references to the same problem
and no answer.

I suppose the question remains the same " How do we get MS to react ? "

"LarCrow@socal.rr.com" wrote:

> Kurt.
> I didn't mention it but the time frame for my problem is the same as
> yours and I too have wondered if one of the recent XP updates could be
> at fault. And since I update my both my machines automatically then
> they have the same MS version. How do we get MS to investigate?
> Larry
>
>
> Kurt Giesselman wrote:
> > I have this same problem. As I scan the newsgroups for answers I note that
> > this started popping up about a month ago and is showing up more and more.
> > I wonder if a Windows Update has somehow porked all our USB drives.
> >
> > My USB flash card reader shows under disk management, in Explorer, but media
> > is never detected when inserted.
> >
> > Was working a month ago. Tried to read a SD card last week and it was a no
> > go. Card work fine in a camera and the card can be read while in the
> > camera. Three identical computers, two have had regular updates. One has
> > been offline for about two months. Which one can still read from the card
> > reader?
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> >
> > <LarCrow.RemoveThis@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:1149899326.995674.314100@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > Jerry,
> > > Thanks for the procedure but my USB drive doesn't show up in Disk
> > > Management. If I go to the Device Manager a USB drive does show up
> > > under Disk Drives but unlike the name Toshiba which shows up as my
> > > internal laptop drive, the USB drive has gibberish as the name of the
> > > drive with text that includes a lot of different characters. It's
> > > really weird.
> > > Larry
> > >
> > > Squire wrote:
> > >> Click Start, right click My computer,
> > >> Select Manage,
> > >> Select disk Management,
> > >> Expand to full screen so you can see all the drives
> > >> high lite the USB drive,
> > >> select Action at the top,
> > >> All tasks, change drive letter and tasks.
> > >> select a drive letter
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Jerry
> > >>
> > >> One thing money can't buy,
> > >> The wagging tail of a dog
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> <LarCrow.RemoveThis@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:1149287002.499717.45430@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >> >I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
> > >> > lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
> > >> > is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
> > >> > Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
> > >> > desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> > >> >
> > >
>
>
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Panos,
It's good to know that there are several of us that are having the same
problem. I decided to send a message to the Langalist one of the best
online newsletters with the hope of getting it published and getting
even wider recognition and maybe Microsoft action. Other than that I
don't know what else to do.
Larry


Panos wrote:
> Hi there I have the same problem, however this goes on for longer period than
> a month (or so).
>
> I agree though, that we should somehow get Microsoft to react. If you only
> type in the search mode of this forum "USB letter" then you ll see that we
> are not alone, but nobody seems to have the answer. I can tell you that I
> consulted some computer pros and looked to the internet for quite a while.
> The only thing, I got, was a great deal of references to the same problem
> and no answer.
>
> I suppose the question remains the same " How do we get MS to react ? "
>
> "LarCrow@socal.rr.com" wrote:
>
> > Kurt.
> > I didn't mention it but the time frame for my problem is the same as
> > yours and I too have wondered if one of the recent XP updates could be
> > at fault. And since I update my both my machines automatically then
> > they have the same MS version. How do we get MS to investigate?
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > Kurt Giesselman wrote:
> > > I have this same problem. As I scan the newsgroups for answers I note that
> > > this started popping up about a month ago and is showing up more and more.
> > > I wonder if a Windows Update has somehow porked all our USB drives.
> > >
> > > My USB flash card reader shows under disk management, in Explorer, but media
> > > is never detected when inserted.
> > >
> > > Was working a month ago. Tried to read a SD card last week and it was a no
> > > go. Card work fine in a camera and the card can be read while in the
> > > camera. Three identical computers, two have had regular updates. One has
> > > been offline for about two months. Which one can still read from the card
> > > reader?
> > >
> > > Kurt
> > >
> > >
> > > <LarCrow RemoveThis @socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1149899326.995674.314100@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > > Jerry,
> > > > Thanks for the procedure but my USB drive doesn't show up in Disk
> > > > Management. If I go to the Device Manager a USB drive does show up
> > > > under Disk Drives but unlike the name Toshiba which shows up as my
> > > > internal laptop drive, the USB drive has gibberish as the name of the
> > > > drive with text that includes a lot of different characters. It's
> > > > really weird.
> > > > Larry
> > > >
> > > > Squire wrote:
> > > >> Click Start, right click My computer,
> > > >> Select Manage,
> > > >> Select disk Management,
> > > >> Expand to full screen so you can see all the drives
> > > >> high lite the USB drive,
> > > >> select Action at the top,
> > > >> All tasks, change drive letter and tasks.
> > > >> select a drive letter
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Jerry
> > > >>
> > > >> One thing money can't buy,
> > > >> The wagging tail of a dog
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> <LarCrow RemoveThis @socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > >> news:1149287002.499717.45430@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > >> >I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
> > > >> > lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
> > > >> > is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
> > > >> > Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
> > > >> > desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> > > >> >
> > > >
> >
> >
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Have read all the ensuing threads ... I have just upgraded to XP Pro, SP2
w/all the updates, and now my USB card reader is kaput. Keep getting either
a "Code 10", or just an "unknown device" when I try to install it. Works
fine on my laptop, with XP Home SP2. This is driving me nuts! Also,
problems with my flash drive. I too vote for getting MS to fix their fix.

"LarCrow@socal.rr.com" wrote:

> I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
> lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
> is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
> Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
> desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

I'm running into the same issues with a pc I just installed with SP2 , my USB
2.0 hub, my usb stick, and my IPOD all show up as unknown device. Is anyone
from MS going to address this problem?

"ScottLB" wrote:

> Have read all the ensuing threads ... I have just upgraded to XP Pro, SP2
> w/all the updates, and now my USB card reader is kaput. Keep getting either
> a "Code 10", or just an "unknown device" when I try to install it. Works
> fine on my laptop, with XP Home SP2. This is driving me nuts! Also,
> problems with my flash drive. I too vote for getting MS to fix their fix.
>
> "LarCrow@socal.rr.com" wrote:
>
> > I cannot access data on my external USB drive that is attached to my
> > lap top even though it is recognized during boot up but no drive letter
> > is assigned. It has been working normally for some time. I am using
> > Windows XP SP2 with all the lastest MS upgrades. I connected it to my
> > desktop PC and got the same results. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> >
> >
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi folks,

I just wanted to join the club of;

"people who have XP SP11 who seem to have problems getting their USB sticks
recognised (system prompts for drivers, and an error is listed in device
manager)".

I can also never get my camera to work on it, probably for the same reason.

I also belong to those individuals who have "looked for a solution to this
problem, but have been dumbfounded by the lack of communication from
Microsoft on this issue".

I have an ASUS Z9200Un with a memory stick reader that works fine, also has
a built in bison webcam that works OK.
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi folks,

I just wanted to join the club of;

"people who have XP SP11 who seem to have problems getting their USB sticks
recognised (system prompts for drivers, and an error is listed in device
manager)".

I can also never get my camera to work on it, probably for the same reason.

I also belong to those individuals who have "looked for a solution to this
problem, but have been dumbfounded by the lack of communication from
Microsoft on this issue".

I have an ASUS Z9200Un with a memory stick reader that works fine, also has
a built in bison webcam that works OK.
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi folks,

I just wanted to join the club of;

"people who have XP SP11 who seem to have problems getting their USB sticks
recognised (system prompts for drivers, and an error is listed in device
manager)".

I can also never get my camera to work on it, probably for the same reason.

I also belong to those individuals who have "looked for a solution to this
problem, but have been dumbfounded by the lack of communication from
Microsoft on this issue".

I have an ASUS Z9200Un with a memory stick reader that works fine, also has
a built in bison webcam that works OK.
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi folks,

I just wanted to join the club of;

"people who have XP SP11 who seem to have problems getting their USB sticks
recognised (system prompts for drivers, and an error is listed in device
manager)".

I can also never get my camera to work on it, probably for the same reason.

I also belong to those individuals who have "looked for a solution to this
problem, but have been dumbfounded by the lack of communication from
Microsoft on this issue".

I have an ASUS Z9200Un with a memory stick reader that works fine, also has
a built in bison webcam that works OK.
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi folks,

I just wanted to join the club of;

"people who have XP SP11 who seem to have problems getting their USB sticks
recognised (system prompts for drivers, and an error is listed in device
manager)".

I can also never get my camera to work on it, probably for the same reason.

I also belong to those individuals who have "looked for a solution to this
problem, but have been dumbfounded by the lack of communication from
Microsoft on this issue".

I have an ASUS Z9200Un with a memory stick reader that works fine, also has
a built in bison webcam that works OK.
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive 

Hi folks,

I just wanted to join the club of;

"people who have XP SP11 who seem to have problems getting their USB sticks
recognised (system prompts for drivers, and an error is listed in device
manager)".

I can also never get my camera to work on it, probably for the same reason.

I also belong to those individuals who have "looked for a solution to this
problem, but have been dumbfounded by the lack of communication from
Microsoft on this issue".

I have an ASUS Z9200Un with a memory stick reader that works fine, also has
a built in bison webcam that works OK.
 >> Stay informed about: Unable to access USB drive